# Incident 19910612021399I: Piper PA24260, Monroeville, PA, June 12, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1991, 20:50 local time
- Place: Monroeville, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh-Monroeville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4526° N, 79.7750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Pittsburgh-Monroeville Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4526&lon=-79.7750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8656P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8656P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,460 total, 900 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910612021399I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING. PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO STALL ON NORMAL APPROACH.

## Other reports on N8656P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870220077639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870220077639A), Feb 20, 1987: Piper PA24260 (N8656P), Matawan, NJ, Substantial damage. Came in high and fast and blinded by the sun. Landed long and ran off end of the runway then collided with trees.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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